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It is currently no 3 in Education & Non-Fiction Graphic Novels on Amazon. Though I expect some will take issue with that. Noted right-wing comic book writer Chuck Dixon has adapted Peter Schweizer‘s take on the financing of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton into a graphic novel with artist Brett R Smith. I get the feeling this could sell a whole lot more. It’s only just out and three five-star reviews have poured in. DRAWS A BELLY LAUGH BUT SHOCKING AS WELL! Ethan’s Review Clinton Cash was a New York Times bestselling book and documentary which received the much coveted special treatment at Cannes by premiering there. Peter Schweizer’s book recounting Bill and...

Splattergate II: Green Graphic Novel Celebrates Eco-Terrorism Shopping Mall Killing Spree  When is it acceptable for a terrorist to go berserk in a shopping mall and machine gun innocent victims to death? When it's all being done for the noble cause of environmentalism, of course! Such is the take-home message of an award-winning graphic novel which has been praised by a top scientist at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as "a marvellous way to convey the knowledge accumulated by our scientific community." It has also been recommended by a curriculum developer at the US National Council of Teachers...

This is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red leather, which has spent the last quarter century secreted away in a bank vault in Switzerland. The book is big and heavy and its spine is etched with gold letters that say “Liber Novus,” which is Latin for “New Book.” Its pages are made from thick cream-colored parchment and filled with paintings of otherworldly creatures and handwritten dialogues with gods and devils.If you didn’t know the book’s vintage, you might confuse it for a lost medieval tome. And yet between the book’s heavy covers, a very modern story...

Book Review: The Infidel by Bosch FawstinSummary: A refreshing, creative and entertaining critique of Islam and jihad. Think Frank Miller channeling Robert Spencer.IllustWriter Bosch Fawstin is a pioneer of sorts in the field of digital counter-culture literature. He's published anti-establishment artwork on the internet for years, well before the proliferation of ebooks. Much of his work uses sophisticated cartoons to express skepticism of or mock government, politicians and current events. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Islam was increasingly a target of Bosch's creative talents. In February 2011, Bosch released Chapter 1 of his much anticipated graphic novel...

...*SNIP*... CB:My understanding is that your next major graphic novel is probably going to be the most overtly political of your works. Frank Miller: Yeah. CB: Tell me about it. Miller: My next graphic novel, I’ve inked about 120 pages of it, so it’s a work in progress, and will probably be about 200 pages long – is called “Holy Terror, Batman!” [audience applauds] Miller: And not to put too fine a point on it, it is a piece of propaganda. Batman kicks al-Qaeda’s ass. [audience applauds] CB: Alright – so in calling it propaganda, how do you want your...

To the artist’s own admission, The Probability Broach is full color graphic novel that is also thinly veiled propaganda for Libertarian ideals. Whether it’s viewed as a good comic book story is for the public to decide. But one has to respect the artist, Scott Bieser, for putting his views right out there in the world. Too often when people reveal themselves they are often asked or sometimes even forced to put themselves back where no one can see them. For years comic book writers like JM DeMatteis and Jim Starlin have been accused of foisting their views on unsuspecting...

In a deal it hopes will produce a trove of new properties to exploit across various media, Walt Disney Co. has bought the assets of CrossGen Entertainment, a comic book publisher whose fantasy and sci-fi titles include "Abadazad," "Mystic" and "Route 666." Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition of the more than two dozen titles comes as Disney is set to launch a TV series in the United States based on "W.I.T.C.H.," a comic magazine for tween girls that debuted in 2001 in Italy. Disney says "W.I.T.C.H." is now the fourth-largest magazine in the world in terms of international editions....

Though I read them occasionally as a boy, I have never been overly interested in comic books, especially the American sort, the ones featuring superheroes dressed in super-tight costumes fighting super villains, none of whom ever seemed to receive super-long jail sentences for attempting, yet again, to destroy Our Way Of Life. A junior realist, I tended to read, instead, the British-produced, four-times-a-month Commando comics, which were generally set during the Second World War. Commando — whose fabulous titles included Hun Bait, Iron-Cross Yankee, Ghost Stuka, and the unforgettable Deserters Deserve Death! — abjured those pathetic ads one saw in...